Samuel was conceived and born during the time when Eli’s sons, Eli the priest, decided to have sex with the women who were serving at the temple. They were sleeping around and they “were treating the LORD’s offering with contempt.” (1 Samuel 2:17).

Pre-marital sex (sex before marriage) was something Samuel used to see everywhere. Being a virgin was a story of the old times. For the ministers of the temple, the house of the LORD was a place to “fatten” their fleshly desires, including Continue reading In His Presence →